DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16

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Intro

Thing

A supporting term for the messages.

An Entity in a Context playing a role other than that of Time or Place.

Comments

Scope: Thing is the 'catch-all' parent for other entities. Things may be physical, digital or abstract concepts, and include the Products, Releases, Recordings, Works and other human-made Creations which are the objects of creative and commercial activity; but Thing also includes the people or organizations (Parties) who can act as agents, and all forms of tools and materials which may be used or referenced in the processes described within DDEX.

Relationships
Parents	Entity	Something that may be represented by a Name.
Children	Agent	A Thing which is a cause of an Event.
	Attribute	A Thing that is possessed by another Thing (an Owner).
	Means	A Thing that is used in doing something to an Entity.
	Output	A Thing that is brought into existence by an Agent.
	Owner	A Thing that possesses another Thing (an Attribute).
	Party	A Thing that is a human or other animate being (real or imaginary), or a legal person, an organization or a machine capable of playing a role as an Agent (or active Thing).
	PerceivableThing	A perceivable Thing.
	PersistentThing	A persistent Thing.
	Relator	An Entity that describes the nature of a relationship between one Entity and another.
	UnitOfMeasure	A standardized Quantity used for measuring by comparison.

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